SHOW OFF1 to behave in a way that makes other people notice you2 someone who shows off3 behaving in a way that makes people notice youRELATED WORDSoppositeMODESTsee alsoBOASTPROUDSHOW1 to behave in a way that makes other people notice you 行为引人注目show off /ˌʃəʊ ˈɒf/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to keep doing things and saying things in order to show people how clever you are, how brave or strong you are etc - use this especially when you disapprove of this behaviour 炫耀；卖弄〔尤用于表示不满这种行为〕 He doesn't usually drive as fast as this. He's just showing off because you're here. 他一般不开这么快，他只是在表现自己，因为你在这儿。 Billy, please stop showing off and sit down quietly! 比利，请别炫耀了，安安静静地坐下来！show off in front of somebody I think he was trying to show off in front of the girls. 我想他是想在女孩子面前出风头。show off to somebodyBritish We used to wear as much make-up as we dared, in order to show off to our friends. 以前我们为了在朋友面前炫耀自己，经常尽自己的胆量涂脂抹粉。strut your stuff /ˌstrʌt jɔːʳ ˈstʌf/ [verb phrase]informalto do something that you do well, usually in a way that shows you are proud of yourself 【非正式】表现自己，炫耀自己的本领 We watched the sixteen year olds strutting their stuff on the dance floor. 我们看着那些16岁的孩子在舞池里大显身手。 He likes to strut his stuff on the stage in the annual Shakespeare production. 他喜欢在每年的莎翁剧作演出时上台露一手。2 someone who shows off 好卖弄的人show-off /ˈʃəʊ ɒf/ [countable noun]someone who is always doing or saying things in order to make other people admire them - use this especially when you disapprove of this behaviour 爱炫耀的人，好卖弄的人〔尤用于表示不满这种行为〕 Dave can be a real show-off at times. 戴夫有时候很好卖弄。 You have to be a bit of a show-off to be an actor. 要当演员你就得有一点表现欲。exhibitionist /ˌeksɪˈbɪʃənəst, ˌeksəˈbɪʃənəst/ [countable noun]someone who publicly behaves in a way in which most people would usually only behave in private, in order to attract attention 好自我表现的人，爱出风头的人 I've always liked singing for an audience -- I guess I'm just an exhibitionist. 我一直喜欢给人唱歌—我想我这人就是爱表现自己。 Most of the dresses in the show are unwearable, unless you're an exhibitionist. 节目里的大多数衣服都不适合穿的，除非你是一个爱出风头的人。poser /ˈpəʊzəʳ/ [countable noun]British spokensomeone who behaves in a way that they think will make them seem clever, fashionable, or well-educated, even when they are not - used especially humorously 【英口】装腔作势的人〔尤幽默用法〕 Did you hear him going on about his Porsches? What a poser! 你听到他在吹嘘他那几辆保时捷汽车吗？真会装模作样！3 behaving in a way that makes people notice you 行为引人注目的flamboyant /flæmˈbɔɪənt/ [adjective]someone who isflamboyant behaves, performs, or dresses in an extremely confident, and often unusual way that makes other people notice them 炫耀的，浮夸的 He is one of football's most flamboyant characters. 他是足球圈中最虚浮的一个人。 a flamboyant French businessman 一名浮夸的法国商人 a young woman in flamboyant clothes 一个衣着浮夸的年轻女子dramatic /drəˈmætɪk/ [adjective only before noun]if you do something in adramatic way, you do it in a loud or noticeable way that is intended to get people's attention 做戏般的，夸张的 She raised her hands in a dramatic gesture of despair. 她夸张地举起双手表示失望。 Rumpole produced the evidence with a dramatic flourish. 伦波尔用一个夸张的动作拿出了证据。 Rosa made a dramatic entrance into the room, wearing a tiny red dress. 罗莎穿着一件红色短小的连衣裙，很招摇地进了房间。ostentatious /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃəsǁˌɑː-/ [adjective]doing things or buying things only in order to show people that you have a lot of money or because you want them to admire you or be jealous of you 摆阔的，炫示的 I thought of framing the letter, but that would be ostentatious. 我想过把信装裱起来，但是那样又太炫耀。 They built themselves huge, ostentatious houses. 他们给自己建造了很大、很有气派的房子。ostentatiously [adverb] The women were ostentatiously dressed in designer evening dresses. 那些女人都穿着名家设计的晚礼服，显得非常阔气。flashy /ˈflæʃi/ [adjective]someone who isflashy likes to show off about how much money or how many expensive things they have - use this when you do not approve of someone who does this 炫耀的，爱摆阔的；奢华的〔用于表示不同意某人〕 a flashy young businessman 一个爱摆阔的年轻商人pretentious /prɪˈtenʃəs/ [adjective]doing something in a way that is intended to show how artistic or well-educated you are, in order to make people admire you - used to show disapproval 附庸风雅的；矫饰做作的〔用于表示不满〕 I found Susie unbearably pretentious. 我觉得苏茜很做作，让人受不了。 He has a pretentious style of writing, using four very difficult words where one simple one would do. 他文风矫饰，明明一个简单的单词就可以，他却要用四个生涩的单词。pretentiousness [uncountable noun] I can't bear pretentiousness of any kind. 我不能忍受任何矫揉造作的行为。pretentiously [adverb] I bought some cheese in a small shop which rather pretentiously called itself a delicatessen. 我在一间自我标榜为“美食之家”的小店里买了一些乳酪。
